The Elders Quorum in our ward wanted to relive their childhood and have some friendly competition, so they held a pinewood derby. Either a regulation car or a no-rules car was allowed. Lonny opted for no-rules and remembered a car he built in a science class in middle school where there was a string wound up around the rear axle and attached to a mouse trap that would snap, causing the string to turn the axle in a quick-like manner and consequently go faster and farther. So turns out- it doesn't work very well on derby cars.


Lonny had to put extra weight on the back of the car to get it to sort of do something, hence the large pieces of metal haphazardly hot-glued to the bottom and top of the car. I thought I would explain in case you thought he had a really hard time figuring out what a spoiler was supposed to look like.

Don't worry- your eyes do not deceive you- that sure is a skull-and-crossbones that my adult husband is drawing on his car. Here's the finished product.

Even though this car doesn't have the appearance of German engineering, it ended up winning quite a prize. One of the most coveted, sought after titles went to my guy Lonny and his sweet mousetrap car.... "Worst of the Worst". At least that's what I would title it if I could. It's true, out of the 4 modified "no-rules" cars, Lonny's car was the only one to never win a race (in fact, I'm not sure it ever made it to the end of the racetrack). But his proud ladies were there to cheer for him to the bitter end. We love him and are so proud of .... um.. well he... his good sportsmanship!

Halle is such a big girl now! This is a picture of her on her half birthday. Yes, her hair looks reddish in the light, but it is still falling out slowly (I thought she'd be bald by now) and extremely blonde hairs are emerging on the sides where she currently looks bald. She's our "Little Miss Blue Eyes!" Love this girl so much!

We took a trip to Salt Lake a few weeks ago, just to get out of town and we really had a nice time. The weather was beautiful during the day we spent walking around temple square and shopping. Plus, we got to visit Gordon and Chelsi in West Jordan- so good to see you guys!

My good friend Amanda offered to take pictures of Halle as a gift to me, and I must admit, it is one of my favorite presents! Halle was so photogenic and we had so much fun. These are a few of my favorites that Amanda edited. There will probably be new pictures soon, because these were actually taken 6 weeks ago- so a lot has already changed. She will be 5 months tomorrow- it has gone way too fast, we're just loving every minute of it.

I'll admit it- I love watching the Bachelor! This season I've been watching with Lonny's mom and sister, and with Halle, of course, by the way- she's a fan too! I never really got into it until my first semester of the dental hygiene program, when all we did was study and then watch our weekly shows. We would watch, then discuss during one of our labs during the week, students and professors alike (Jann) would take part in the conversation. Seriously- how else were we supposed to make it through these weekly 3 hour labs without poking our eyes out with a discoid-cleoid? I have to mention there is a girl on there this season, who coincidentally happens to be a dental hygienist and (this is for you Ash) she seems to be the one who always is doing impressions - or you could call it "making fun" of the other girls, sometimes right to their face. Sorry to those who read this and don't get the joke, but I don't have my dh girls to chat with for 3 hours every week so that we can collaborate and decide who truly is best for this season's bachelor. I think Molly or Jillian- who do you think?

My baby girl is already 3 months old and loves to squeal: morning, evening, relief society, she doesn't care where or when she just half-closes her eyes and lets loose- she's so funny! Sorry no pictures, I'm not on my home computer- but believe me, she just keeps getting prettier!